Hazel Dreslinski is a percussionist and undergraduate student pursuing a specialization in music composition at Concordia University. A white-settler of Polish descent, they grew up just outside Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, ON and attended Trent University to study culture and communications before relocating to Tiohtià:ke/Montreal in 2023. They are particularly interested in exploring the diverse roles of rhythm in various cultural milieux, as well as the intersection of AI and music.

Sabrina Smith (she/her) is originally from Bdeóta Othúŋwe/Gakaabikaang/Minneapolis, Minnesota and is a white-settler of Irish and Scottish-Gaelic descent. Sabrina has a BA in Art History from Mount Holyoke College (2017) and an MA in Art History from Concordia University (2023). Her graduate thesis under Dr. John Povtin critically examined the exhibition, Le monde en tête (Lyon, 2019 and Montreal, 2022), and the Musée des Confluences’ curatorial politics and representation of Indigenous art history. Smith’s other works include a group exhibition, Confronting the Anthropocene: Theory, Activism, Art, exploring posthuman feminist phenomenology and the biotic and abiotic elements of ourselves. Sabrina joins the Abundant Intelligences program as Coordinator North, bringing her interest in phenomenology including AI phenomenology and the phenomenology of senses as bodily and cultural phenomena to the team.

As Associate Director of Research Operations, Manuelle oversees partnership and network development with local and international academic, cultural and governmental institutions. She develops research-creation outreach opportunities, student engagement and mentoring strategies. She works closely with the Senior Program Manager for team management and with the Finance Manager on activities budget forecasting and reporting to granting agencies. Manuelle Freire (PhD, MA) is also Part-Time Faculty in the departments of Design and Computation Arts and Arts Education at Concordia University.